The Truman Show Was Originally Going To Feature Him Fighting Crime (Favourite Jim Carrey Roles)

Edit: A copyright claim was made against this video and rather than give a giant movie studio all the money this video earns we cut out the 8 seconds of video from the film we used. - Karl
Jim Carrey is an actor who is best known for playing comedic roles in movies. Even while doing a more dramatic role in The Truman Show, he still came across as humorous and upbeat. So it's hard to imagine that The Truman Show was originally going to have him fighting crime.
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Christof,
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Liar Liar,
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Bruce Almighty,
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Me, Myself and Irene,
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Clint Eastwood,
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Me, Myself and Irene (2000),
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Jim Carrey as Clint Eastwood (1996),
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Split (2016),
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Liar Liar (1997),
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Bruce Almighty (2003),
www.imdb.com/title/tt0315327/
Kick-Ass 2 (2013),
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[@TheMartyredextras]

My favorite scene was always the one where Truman starts to doubt the reality of things and goes to confide in his friend. They're sitting on an incomplete bridge and his friend says something like, "you know you can trust me" or something and then it cuts to the directorial team feeding him the lines. That scene was bone chilling

[@mrcritical6751]

What makes it even more bone chilling is Truman’s reaction to his dad showing up soon afterwards, the directorial crew perceive him crying as Truman being brought to tears that his father is alive but Truman’s actually thinking about how his dad and his best friend are in on it and he has to pretend he doesn’t know to have any chance of escape

[@TheMartyredextras]

@@mrcritical6751 I didn't even realize that

[@xXJeanSoulRipperxX]

@@TheMartyredextras kkom9ommokk omoo mnkmmmkikm nkninnnjjjnjniiiijiuhiihiuu9uhhhhbbb

[@stephlevesque9972]

I think he stops believing in his friend on the bridge after the incident with his wife. Then when he's crying and smiling on the bridge, its him cutting the ties. Once he sees his dad, its set in stone that his life is fake.

[@BINACmini]

Friend: Because the las thing I would ever do... Kistoff: Is lie to ya

[@davidscribner1841]

There’s the whole aspect of how Kristoff intentionally engineered Truman’s psychological fear of water because the killed off his dad by drowning him

[@thetrench8486]

And he gets put through a situation at the start of the film meant to remind him of his trauma

[@JamesCPotter13]

My favorite scene that still haunts me is when he, his wife, and his mom are looking through photo albums and while they go to make some drinks, he flips through the book a bit more...and you see his future family, them and a couple kids....but Truman is the same age. Meaning they were probably going to do an accident storyline, where after he wakes from a "coma" he would have woken "years" later, to his newfound children.

[@cassanateli]

Lol, so you're saying ageing freezes in time when someone goes into a coma?

[@JamesCPotter13]

@@cassanateli No, obviously, but with a "coma", stress on the quotations, they could knock him out for a few hours, or so, and once he wakes up, lie to him that time has passed while they change the town around and introduce the new characters. If he questions why he doesn't look any older, just have his "doctor" write it off as good genetics.

[@InvertedAim]

It's more likely that it was eluding to the point they had his entire life planned out for him already

[@Greendotz]

One thing I found pretty unsettling was that the film has a "happy ending". However the music playing during the end credits is very sinister. Makes you think despite walking through "the door" he's still not out of the woods yet.

[@kirbyfan4]

Probably because of the alternative endings, the DVDs mentions that he somehow dies in some of them

[@stickyfingers5189]

I mean even after he makes it out he's totally ruined mentally. He'll never trust anyone ever again and will always live in fear that hes just being used or manipultated for someone elses entertainment. Not to mention hes the biggest star in the world and even in the real world everyone will know who he is and all his personal stuff growin up and they will probably treat him differently and use him as a celebrity just like the extras would treat him in the dome when they finally got close. So even tho it ends on a high note with his essential F U to the show runner its still a pretty dark ending

[@jacobparrish4486]

The best lessons I had were in Religious Studies because we just watched the Truman Show for three lessons

[@OwenJd-tf1rx]

For me it was Bruce almighty

[@corpsenugget455]

@@OwenJd-tf1rx for me it was both and alot of other movies that I can't remember the name of.

[@karma05x]

Damn same here

[@jozen1098]

And they were?

[@jono3929]

Yeah both here as well

[@purplevertig0]

My favourite detail is probably when the police officers come to the home after truman is trying to escape and the extras are desperate to see him inside his home.

[@reaper9979]

Bolt is just Truman Show with dogs

[@murkyhydra6351]

@Epic Rhino Films *CORRECT

[@faultyfox669]

Oh my god it is...

[@leonmorte7241]

Not really? The major difference is in Bolt, they're not actively trying to make him believe what's going on, he just does. It's more akin to The Fisher King in that he's chasing a delusion he is wholly convinced is real.

[@reaper9979]

I've been thinking on it more. It may be that Bolt is more closely related to Toy Story than The Truman Show since Bolt it trying to hold onto his delusion while the cat is trying to break it, much like Buzz and Woody.

[@leonmorte7241]

@@reaper9979 yeah, that fits better than what I said, can't believe my mind didn't make that connection and went with an obscure Robin Williams movie instead.

[@Dr1998Pepper]

One of my favourite Jim Carrey films has to be Yes Man, ridiculous as the movie is.

[@estefanolivares4159]

I love how he got all those people at the end to donate all their clothes

[@decb]

based on the book by Danny Wallace. Everybody seems to forget that. Wallace was the voice (and likeness) of Shaun Hastings in the Assassin's Creed franchise

[@mr.dantastic5073]

“wish you could come down from that ledge my friend” :music_note:

[@daniellaytonmusic9865]

Definitely my favourite

[@mrmojomajestic8317]

"I've got blisters on me fingers !"

[@QuantumVLOG]

If I'm in a TV show right now, then I feel VERY sorry for the viewers.

[@OneEyeShadow]

It's pretty boring, not gonna lie.

[@QuantumVLOG]

@@OneEyeShadow I'll try and make it a bit spicier for the next episode! Can't promise anything though.

[@actionpssthead2979]

Change the channel Hal

[@beriorgar]

can we just take a moment to acknowledge the fact jim carrey carried the entire sonic movie by himself?

[@miadeathwish]

Herculean effort that truly won't be appreciated in its time.

[@crazwaz5770]

while robotnik was the best part of that movie, let's also not forget how talented james marsden is for acting alongside a non-existent hedgehog

[@ZzCanonBull]

Hey!....what about....no..that's a fair assessment

[@miadeathwish]

@Rick K no doubt, but I get the feeling that the original look was a red herring, I don't have any proof other than knowing that cgi gets iterated as they develop the look and final products

[@helmsplitterradientcy582]

@@miadeathwish They still had to delay the movie a year from its original release date.

[@faultyfox669]

"The Majestic" Film starring Jim Carey that never gets nearly enough credit. It's a dramatic role but with enough lightness to keep it going. Absolutely my favourite Carey feature. Watch it!!!

[@KryshaSyrin]

Came here to say this! Absolutely wonderful film. "I'm leaving and I'm taking the monkey with me."

[@j-bob_oreo]

the movie 23 as well

[@protectorking3009]

No one gonna mention when he made the Grinch face in the interview?

[@pipsqueek89]

i was never a fan of jim carreys comedy, but truman show is one of my favourite movies of all time, eternal sunshine i also liked

[@micahwright5901]

I gotta agree. He’s too over the top for me, but I respect his abilities. Loud and crazy just doesn’t equal funny to me.

[@cannonkids9241]

The Truman Show is literally my favorite movie of all time.

[@bodaciouspizza]

I thought my life was a tv show when i was a kid and i genuinely believed they made this movie to convince me it was a normal feeling. I grew up lol

[@Deathbro-ps7gb]

Last time I was this early the Mayan calendar hadn't run out yet

[@Mirro18]

it still hasn't... it just is in the circle...

[@sierra1513]

@@Mirro18 exactly, its like saying our calendar ends when we get to 2999, no we just go to 3000

[@pushbutton8894]

The best Jim Carrey movies are Cable guy and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

[@Jammermaker]

Eternal Sunshine doesn’t get enough love

[@ShujinTribble]

As a viewer living about an hour south of Nigeria Falls (Originally from Long Island, NY), I've been on the Maid of the Mist MANY times.... and it is AWE-INSPIRING every time!

[@confusdsquirrl]

You want a great physical performance by Jim Carrey, look no further than his performance as Fire Marshall Bill

[@huntertheunit4260]

That one dislike is Truman

[@fusfauxpas]

The Number 23 was a great dramatic role for him, and reminds me a lot of The Truman Show

[@elihyland4781]

Jim Carey also hand picked Cannibal Corpse to play “hammer smashed face” in Ace Ventura. At 10 yo I was sitting with my brother and father when we all first watched it. Jim Carrey personally. introduced my family to death metal at the same moment and that means the world to me. We saw the movie in theatres like 30 times that summer and my family still supports me playing heavy metal to this day

[@dxiong8]

The Majestic was one of my favorite dramatic Jim Carrey movies

[@Harry-sf5lc]

I feel they could do a darker remake, or sequel or whatever, that follows the same ideas as the original script

[@MartoofTK]

and it taught us all how to spell "Beautiful"

[@MartoofTK]

@Epic Rhino Films were both wrong apparently "taught" haha

[@mrmojomajestic8317]

@@MartoofTK Your still both wrong because that line was in Bruce Almighty, not The Truman Show.

[@madmanwithamic4396]

The Truman show is my favourite movie

[@milosm9280]

For me it is Truman and Forrest Gump

[@micahwright5901]

@@milosm9280 Truman and Interstellar are mine.

[@brandonwoods2306]

My favorite Jim carrey movie is how the grinch stole Christmas the shit he went through to make that movie is insane.

[@honeyglazedhams8188]

I never met anyone who so understood the magic of Jim Carrey. He could make you laugh with no more than a frantic flailing of his limbs.

[@bigbluedinothethird9781]

I love the Truman show!!

[@bigbluedinothethird9781]

12:29 Who isn't that Man is brilliant

[@iTacticalFox]

I like a lot of his movies, think my fave is either The Mask or Truman Show. I also really liked him as Robotnik in Sonic.

[@waddlespire]

One of my favorite Jim Carry movies is definitely The Cable Guy because it fits roughly the same tone as this and plays with a lot of the same themes. Any scene with Carry could simultaneously be comedic or horrific depending on how much you know about the film. I think my mom found an old VHS at a garage sale, saw Jim Carry on the cover, assumed it was a straight comedy film, and brought it home for me. Going into it with absolutely no context of what was about to unfold made it so much more impactful.

[@DanHarkless_Halloween_YTPs_etc]

Even more incredible in that old "impressions" standup bit by Jim Carrey is when he remolds his face to be James Dean. Truly astounding; it's on KZbin and worth seeking out. And I, too, find _Me, Myself, & Irene_ to be an underappreciated example of Jim's physical comedy mastery. My favorite bit is the scene (in the police office?) where Jim's character has such intense dry-mouth from his medication that his face basically turns into that of a zombie. When Renée Zellweger turns around and sees that face on Jim for the first time ever, she does a scared take that was 100% real, according to the commentary, and which they thankfully left in the movie. On "examples of prior art" when it comes to pretending to be two people fighting over control of one body, though, don't forget to mention the work of Steve Martin in 1984's _All of Me_ (where he and Lily Tomlin fight for control of Steve's body). And then of course there's Bruce Campbell's amazing physical comedy with his possessed hand in _Evil Dead II._

[@jessicaable5095]

Anyone else thought it was creepy that they cast a high schooler to basically be the one he bangs later in life?

[@geoshark12]

Omg in me , myself and Irene when Jim carrey throws himself out of the car XD

[@Notrealmagic]

Jim was a vampire once

[@darharharhar1484]

I enjoyed eternal sunshine of the spotless mind as my favorite Jim cary movie.

[@sebastianquinchia1840]

Excellent video as always, also huge bonus in my eyes for the Clint Eastwood picture being from The Dollars Trilogy. My favourite movie from it is "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly," I hope you can do a video on it one day because there's a lot of interesting and funny stuff about it, like Eli Wallach building his gun

[@potatogod8831]

The talk show scene where he turns into the grinch

[@xnevrex]

I just wanted to bring up that Bruce Almighty also features a scene with Jim Carrey doing Clint Eastwood's face

[@D1ingus]

Pogchamp new upload

[@BestOnThursdays]

My favorite scene in The Truman show is when the teacher pulls down a map and tells him the whole world is already been discovered so he can't be an adventurer.

[@dantethelosted]

I'm doing media in college and have to create a plan for a TV show/Movie and after watching this went with something like the Truman show after hearing about from you lol

[@ilovecody7514]

Eternal Sunshine and Truman Show are definitely top Carrey roles. I also loved his role in Kick Ass 2 just because of how campy it is.

[@vgx1091]

I remember when I first saw the truman show with my dad. And I will always remember that ending.

[@AnxieCity]

Imagine a batman movie with jim carry

[@anarchodin]

I'm mostly trying to forget it, honestly.

[@Xonkykong]

FYI there's is no mount Nicaragua in Nicaragua But there's a volcano called Mombacho in which there's a coffee plantation in the middle of it

[@Xonkykong]

@Just some Forest Ranger with Internet Access what kind of questions?

[@themoosee]

I kinda want to see the original truman show

[@joelong7273]

just finished watching the Truman Show for the first time then this pops up on youtube. Interesting...

[@kamikage9420]

Becoming an A+ student in English, Visual Art and Drama in High School really taught me the fun of turning on "pretentious overanalysis snob" mode.

[@HipsterKhan]

with all the social media around and all the cameras everywhere, how can we not think we have our own epynonymous shows?

[@darcyparrott1002]

I watch fact fiend routinely, and my older brother (by 1 year) just moved in with me and I force him to watch too. Over the last few months he's started to come around to it but this video really sold him! After we rewatched the mortal kombat collection and he never stopped dieing

[@randomdunce2934]

The beginning joke was really good ngl. It was made better by the fact the coffee was hot. That actually took me completely off guard and was really funny. Another great video guys!

[@baylordavis3999]

I watch all your videos!!!!! this is been my favorite in a while

[@montedavis8821]

My favorite Jim Carrey movie was the number 23. He was of serious actor in this movie. And I think he played it very well.

[@tambarijohnson9428]

I remember watching this movie when i was younger, but i could never remember the title or the actors. But despite that, i always remembered that paranoid feeling from thinking if that situation was possibly happening

[@aaronwilder2775]

Ok, so I don't know if maybe this is an already thought upon theory or the hidden idea behind the film, but when I saw the Truman Show I had this idea that due to the fact that this show that is Truman's life has been going on for soo long and for these problems to start happening and for him to realize he's a character has to be a kind of final episode(s) scenario. Now, in the early days of the broadcast, problems are bound to occur (e.g. people showing up on set for a self shout-out); but after 27 years for things like a spotlight to fall, for him to hear a radio talk of his movements, etc. shouldn't happen. That's why I believe that this realization and escape of Truman's was orchestrated to give the program an amazing send off.

[@DelilahDraken]

That actually makes the movie more terrifying. Especially as they say the testing image where the filming is stopped for a short while has the highest viewer quotes they ever had.

[@aaronwilder2775]

@@DelilahDraken, yeah haha

[@inanimete]

I 100% put the success of Truman show on the director Peter Weir, who is so consistently underrated even though he has consistently made some of the best films of all time. Dead poets society, Witness, Master and Commander, Picnic at hanging rock, the Last Wave and Fearless are truly top shelf and he just kept churning them out year after year. The fact he isn't consistently cited as one of the all time greats is a crime imo

[@kapishjoshi4576]

I can't be the only one who started talking to my mirror after watching The Truman Show

[@Elzodo117]

Are you guys keeping tabs on me? A few days ago, I felt compelled to watch the Queen Live Aid performance, the next day you post a Freddie Mercury video. And earlier this evening, Bruce Almighty was on TV. Suddenly there’s a Jim Carrey video 😐

[@TheMultiGamerOfficial]

Oh dear, he's catching on.

[@drye135]

Weird that the Truman show is popping up everywhere right now I'd accuse you of being a fan of carpool critics but I know you film weeks in advance

[@hughmungus1501]

My favorite scene is a deleted scene where its after Truman's freakout, their in a room discussing the future of the show and the possiblity of Trueman having a new love intrest after Meryl leaves him, Where one of them asks if Truman were to be a father, they would focus on the child's life and Truman would become usless, its so dark yet facinating how Christoff's dark mindset works

[@IceFire2050]

I'd say Cable Guy launched his serious career. It came out 2 years earlier. He was still a bit of a comedic character but it was a much more serious movie compared to things like Ace Ventura.

[@Keanubreezy123]

Good morning fact fiend

[@ryanewald9740]

There is a fun moment in bruce almighty where in the party scene he is holding a jug of water and as he poors it into his glass it turns to wine and nobody at the party notices.

[@Thighweaver]

Rene Descartes tackles this question of our own reality in his meditations and he himself can only convince reality is real purely by his faith in God and mathematics.

[@mrmojomajestic8317]

It's called Solipsism. It's actually a theological concept as well as a psychological disorder. A very interesting existential idea indeed.

[@MisterSouji]

The Majestic. Nuff said

[@elloowu6293]

So if they kept the original script with Jim carry, all I can picture is him as detective Fingerling from the number 23, but the whole movie takes place in that books universe.

[@buddybuck2113]

2 of my favorite things Fact Fiend & Jim Carrey

[@Lightning_Sky_Storm]

I had to watch this for theology class in high school. Liked the movie, hated the teacher teaching the class.

[@datruthhurtz2306]

hell yeah when Jim fights himself at the end is epic...awesome...me myself and irene...

[@thickasmud]

My favourite Jim Carrey performance has got to be Man On The Moon. I know it was no good for Jim but my gawd what a performance.

[@nubreed13]

I wish I could find it but there was a great in- universe "behind the scenes" video they made to promote the movie that shows how the cast get in and out of the fake city.

[@joshnunya324]

14:38 Same That movie unironically taught me more than Church

[@gaminganimators7000]

I really want to see this movie now.

[@AltoSharkolo]

We watched this in social studies

[@dbl007will]

Jim Carrey is the GOAT!

[@gogebu]

Truman could easily be convinced that it was an alien planet

[@jadianradiator2761]

12:46 My favorite Jim Cary character is the protagonist from The Mask. I'm not calling him "The Mask" himself because you could argue that the villain that took and wore the mask at the end was also "The Mask."

[@JM-gd3hr]

You can synthesize vitamin D from artificial light

[@katherineminor3402]

The number 23 is one of my favorite Jim carrey movies

[@TheGalacticWest]

That sound stage must be a complete fucking unit.

[@AkinokazeHaruichiban]

Some good choices for fave Carrey films, personally I most like him in Yes Man, and Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind.

[@thearchitect8040]

I’m going to watch this movie in class tomorrow, what a coincidence

[@Dj87887]

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind was amazing. It's the ultimate dramatic role played by Jim Carrey.

[@MRod19925]

Nisha's Bruce impression at 16:22 made me laugh so hard! Especially how she said that last "erooooooooooding"! X'D

[@kewaso_5313]

This movies ending is so good and beatifull I straight up cried like a fuckin baby

[@notchieuwu]

i started watching before seeingthe film. i have now seen the film and can continue the video.

[@mick7909]

One of my top 20 favourite movies

[@janemba42]

The funniest part about the Evan Backstabber scene is, if you have it on dvd, the gibberish is actually dubbed in different languages.

[@lewisx6868]

all I have to say is eternal sunshine of the spotless mind

[@3oct1111]

I love Jim Carrey as Joel in Eternal Sunshine Of A Spotless Mind

[@henryeakins1830]

The mask will always be my favourite jim carrey movie :)

[@akeemfreeman7688]

23 shows his chops EXCELLENT

[@nickdelany3102]

I may have paused ur vid watched the whole movie and come back

[@baldswordgaming9888]

I literally just watched this film today for the 1st time after months of friends buggering me to watch it. Maby I am the one being watched

[@hasogon]

Haha no ones watching you haha

[@baldswordgaming9888]

@@hasogon that's what some who's watching me would say *eyes shift intensivly*

[@hasogon]

@@baldswordgaming9888 haha don't worry about it haha everythings fine haha

[@MrZig-ot1bu]

BaldSword Gaming Oh no, he’s onto us!

[@baldswordgaming9888]

@@MrZig-ot1bu onto what hmm onto what

[@SPAMDAGGER22]

I would like to see The Malcolm Show. It sounds like a nice gritty version that would probably fly today.

[@BTheBlindRef]

Perhaps not his BEST performance, but The Cable Guy is massively underappreciated. I still have a soft spot for Ace Ventura Pet Detective though. Man I laughed so hard at so many scenes in that movie. I can count on one hand the number of movies in my lifetime that have made me laugh like that.

[@TheDanishGuyReviews]

In the book Wild Cards XVII: Death Draws Five, the former super hero Fortunato hates Bruce Almighty, and think the character is wasting his gift. I found that funny as one of the only real-life references in that book.

[@TheBuddhaBear]

Favorite Jim Carrey roles fall into 2 categories: comedy and drama. Favorite drama was either Truman or The Majestic (i still haven't seen Man on the Moon or Eternal sunshine of a spotless mind). For comedy i think the best are when he plays the straight man whose life goes nuts like Liar Liar, Bruce Almighty, or Mr Popper's Penguins (which was WAY better than it had any right to be). I never dug his really iconic stuff like Ace Ventura or Cable Guy. Liked The Mask as a kid though

[@illiteratebastard7421]

Jim Carrey is a changeling